NEWBURY CUP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 134, 9 June 1939, Page 12

NEWBURY CUP.

FRENCH BRED HORSES FIRST AND SECOND. TURF IN ENGLAND. i —— (-Received lit a.m.) JX>N'DOX, June 8. Tlie Xewbury Cup, one mile ati<l a half, rim at Xewbury to-day, resulted: TOUT t'HANUK (br.-rl In Krmire), l> h. jjw, liy Vntont—<jui<-k Cliaiiße t L«>r«l Ivor Clnirrliill I 1 II'AKAX (l>rM| in France), h c, by Tour billon- I. K*|>.ran<:<- < M..M. llou>waci . •_• KOOKSELI.KK. b f. .".yrs, by ltui-li;iii - Pennyeomequlck (Lord Astor) ;> Nine started. Length each way. DERBY WINNERS. AS FOUR-YEAR-OLDS. SOME WHO WKRE XOT RACKD. Not one of four recent Epsom Derby winners. Bahrain. Mahmntid, Midday I .Sun and Bois Rouseel raced as a fourI vear-old.

Bois Riiii-M'l'i compulsory retirement recently ha- been a big disappointment, for the expert* in Kngland were awiiitin" hi« chilli with RocktVl in the A-cot i;,,i<i r-up. Now it appears doubtful if Rockfel will be on hand, either, for that race, for cabled advice concerning her condition has not been reassuring. Owners of class horse-, in Kngland seldom race them after their foiir-vear-old r-eason. but the record of recent IK'iby winiiers is unusual. It will be interesting to nee if thi« year's winner. Blue Peter, breaks the record and comes up next year for the class event* for horses of his age. Bois Houssel recently strained a thigh muscle and it was'decided to put him out of training and send him to Mr. Cooper Bland's stud at Newmarket. His record last year was romantic, for after winning at Longchamp he was purchased by the Hon. Peler Beatty («on of the late Earl Beatty) for £8000. A few weeks later the son of Vatout won the Derby at Epsom, worth £0441 to the winner, and considerable wagers for his owner. Sulieeqiientl.V he finished third in the Grand Prix de Paris to Nearco. for whom Afr. M. H. Benson paid £60,000 a few weeks later. Boir Roussel won la«t year's Derby in magnificent style, •coming with a paralysing run up the hill at the finish.

He should not fail to be a success at the stud.